British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Stockport South Constituency – Biography of Gridley

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Stockport South

CANDIDATE : Gridley

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Arnold Gridley, born in 1878, has represented Stockport since 1935. Manager of an electric lighting and tramways company at the age of 22, he has a wide experience in electricity supply and was electricity controller for the Ministry of Munitions in 1916. He is chairman of a group of electricity manufacturing and other companies. He was President of the British Association of Chambers of Commerce, 1946-48.


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